Radjustable ok auchorilto pump



l `l .senr-ADJUSTABL oRANcHoR'lvG r'UMP.`

"sbeencatonpf:Lettersratentivo; 12,601, dated March 2'?, 1855.

Beit known that"LuTHoMfAs LING, of Shelby, in thelcountyof `Richland andState o-ffOhio, have inventedfa newand useful and "Improved lumpgjjandl`do `hereby declare `thfabthesame is described andrepresented inthefollowing specifications and drawings.

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention Twillproceed to de- 1" scribe its `constrii"ct-ion and operation refer-` ring`to the drawings "inuwhich the same lettersindicatelikeparts infeach ofthefigures;

Thenature of myinvention consists in sof g dropped into well,` theanchor will adapt l itself to the bottom, and fix `orhold1 that part ofthe pump required to be stationary, without cramping the-movingwpar-ts;but

s allow them to operate freely, or beoperated soas to raise the waterfrom the well. `A`nd further in soconnecting the "anchor to the otherI.parts of the pump, that when the `pump is drawn from `thewellit willzdraw the anchor out'wit-h it. Alsoin constructs ing the top `of thepipe which conducts the s, water out of thewell,fso asto discharge the`water downwardinto abox having an opening "for the pipe to `traverseinclosed by a plate fastened to the pipe. And further in a. slidinglever that maybe adjustedto ball" A ance the pipe and part-s fastened toit, with the water in the same.

" Figure 1,*is an elevation of my pump.

uFig. 2, is `a section representingthe several `parts cut through thecenter.

In these drawi` gs A is the end of a bar which may be placed `partiallyacross the `well `or otherwise, to `which the box B is fastened. Thisbox B Jmay be made` square inthe form represented land provided with aspout C `for the escape of the wateror .l `fluid pumped, and anelongated opening D 4in one side nearthetop for theend of theV pipe E,whichconductsfthe water into the box B. The end ofthe pipe E issoconfstructed as to discharge the waterdo-wnward s `and it has the plateF`fastened to it so las f to traverse with it andcover, or keep theopening D closedvwhenthe pipe E is raiseds "the lever Gr- `towhich it isconnected byY `the link H` asrepresented in Fig. l, sonas to prevent thewater as` itis discharged from` the pipe from splashing out through theopening D. The plate F is itted to the l interior of the box so to`guide and steady `the pipe E, T'he lever G is vibrated on the bolt Iwhich passes t-hrough it and the standard J, fastenedto the box B.` Thislever G ismade in two parts which are fastened together with the bolt- Kwhich passes through aflong slot in the lower part of the lever, sothatthe upper part may be adjusted far enough from the bolt- K toibalance the pipe and parts fastened `to it with the water` in the same,so that the operator has to apply but` little more power than isnecessary to overcomethe friction of the working parts in operating thepump to raise water.

The pipe E should be made nearly long enough to reach thebottom of thewell and l enlarged at the, lower end so as to form a chamber L` whichshouldhave a valve seat M; fastenedin the upper part and provided withanopening N and valve O to close it when the pipe is raised in pumping.The y stationary piston P is made so that the cylinder Q (which formsthe chamber L) 'will traverse freely upon it; the upper end of thepiston being provided with a leather packing R to prevent the water fromescaping betweent-he cylinder andthe piston. There is `an opening S,entirely through the piston `which is closed bythe valveT, when thecylinder descends so as to force the water in the chamberthrough theopening N up into the pipe E.

l The piston P 1s fastened to the bracket ,which extends entirely acrossthe pistonand cylinder and is provided with two slotted arnis, whichextend up? each side of the latter, whichis proi'fided with projections(one of `which Tis seen at o) which traverse freely in the slots in thearms of the bracket one of which arms is seen at W; The extremities ofthe arms VW are perforated for the `pin X which passes through eachpart, and when the pipe and cylinder are raised to draw it out of thewell, the pin X rests upon the projection V, so as to draw the bracketand parts fastened to it out of the well at the same time. The eye boltY is 'fastened' in the center of thebracket U and connects it tothe eye`bolt `Z in the weight or anchor and lwhich makes or forms a flexiblejoint so as to allowl theanchor to adapt itself to "the bottom of thewell, if it should be inclined, without cramping the piston so as toincre-ase the friction of the cylinder as it is traversed uponit. Thecap B on the'box B is l,designed to prevent any refuse matter fromfalling into the box.

I contemplate that the details in the construction of my pump may bevaried in many Ways which Will readily suggest themselves to skillfulartisans Without departing from the principle or merits Vof myinvention. Also that the piston may be fastened to the pipe so as tooperate With it, and the cylinder to the anchor so as to remainstationary; the pipe being provided With projections like V, and thecylinder with arms like IV or such an equivalentdevice as Will connectthe cylinder and anchor to the pipe or piston so as to draw thestationary parts of the pump from the Well by the moving parts or tube.

Pumps constructed as above described are peculiarly adapted to the boredWells, whichv are made about four inches in diameter, l

.as are herein described, or their equivalents 45 Which Wells are verynumerous in some of the Western States of this' Republic. Besides theyare far better and cheaper for such Wells and others, than any pumpwhich has a spear or rod Working in the tube or pipe of the pump.

I believe that I have described the construction 'and use' of myinvention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to cone structand use the same, alsosome of the several modes in which I contemplateits application, and I Will now specify What I claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent.

l. Connecting the piston or stationary part to a Weight or anchor by aflexible joint or its equivalent; so as to allow the anchor to adaptitself to the bottom of the Well and slotted arms or their equivalents,so as to draw the anchor from the Well by means of the pipe andcylinder, or moving parts substantially as described.

3. I claim the devices, substantially such for guiding and steadying theupper end of ythe pipe and discharging the Water down- ;Ward into a boxhaving an opening in the side in Which the pipe traverses closed belowt-he pipe'by the plate F or its equivalent.

THOMAS LING. Vitnesses: l

SAML. GRUBB, I. DENNIS, J r.

